Gold steady as focus turns to Fed minutes, US jobs report
Gold prices were steady on Wednesday (Nov 19), as investors awaited minutes from the US Federal Reserve’s latest policy meeting and US jobs report that could shed more light on the central…
Tag
Fed
Trump could announce next Fed chair before Christmas, Bessent tells Fox News
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump will meet the final shortlist of candidates for the next Federal Reserve chair after Thanksgiving and he could announce his pick before Christmas, US Treasury…
US Fed official defends easing of bank oversight as concerns mount
THE US central bank’s top banking regulator on Tuesday defended efforts to revamp oversight of the sector, as she faces warnings that weakened supervision could destabilise the financial…
Gold extends falls on firm US dollar, easing Fed rate-cut bets
Traders are currently pricing in a 43% probability of a quarter-point Fed rate cut next month, down from 50% in last week Gold fell for a fourth straight session on Tuesday (Nov 18),…
Gold firms as investors focus on US data for more Fed cues
Traders are currently pricing in a 46% probability of a quarter-point Fed rate cut next month, down from 50% last week Gold prices inched higher on Monday (Nov 17) as investors waited for…
Miles Teller Remembers Watching ‘Fantastic Four’ and Telling the Studio Head ‘We’re in Trouble’: ‘One Really Important Person F—ed It All Up’
Miles Teller opened up about leading the ill-fated 2015 “Fantastic Four” adaptation, telling Andy Cohen that he already wasn’t expecting a warm response for the superhero reboot after…
Asia: Markets sink on concerns over tech rally, Fed rates
ASIAN markets sank on Friday, tracking a selloff on Wall Street as worries over next month’s Federal Reserve interest rate decision and persistent speculation about a tech bubble dampened…
US: Wall Street tumbles as Nvidia slides, investors fret that Fed may slow rate cuts
WALL Street ended sharply lower on Thursday, with steep losses in Nvidia and other AI heavyweights, as investors scaled back expectations of interest rate cuts due to inflation worries and…
Asia: Stocks stutter with focus on Fed, tech after US reopen vote
ASIAN markets trod water on Thursday as euphoria over the end of a record US government shutdown petered, with focus back on Federal Reserve interest rates and tech bubble worries.…
Gold gains for fourth day on softer dollar, Fed rate-cut optimism
GOLD rose for a fourth straight session on Wednesday, supported by a weaker dollar and expectations that the reopening of the US government and flow of economic data will strengthen bets…
Gold rises on Fed rate cut bets, growth worries
GOLD prices rose on Monday, buoyed by expectations of another Federal Reserve interest rate cut in December and a slew of weak economic data that raised global growth worries. Spot gold…
Vince Gilligan and Rhea Seehorn on What ‘Pluribus’ Is Really About, Why Hollywood ‘Needs More Heroes’ and How Silicon Valley Has ‘F—ed Up the World’
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for the first two episodes of “Pluribus,” streaming now on Apple TV. Vince Gilligan is in the library at Variety’s New York office, surrounded…
Gold gains on softer dollar, increasing bets of Fed rate cut
GOLD rose on Friday as the dollar slid after private-sector job reports indicated weakness in the US labour market increasing expectations of another Federal Reserve interest rate cut,…
Fed Agent Whines About “Onions and Mustard” in D.C. Sandwich Guy Case
The rest of the country, however, knows him for being one of the most powerful vice presidents in U.S. history, helping to lead the United States after the 9/11 attacks into a myriad of…
Gold holds under US$4,000 on dollar resilience, Fed rate-cut outlook
Bullion hit a record high of US$4,381.21 on Oct 20, but have fallen close to 10% since Gold traded below the US$4,000 per ounce mark again on Tuesday (Nov 4) as the US dollar remained…
Dollar has second best month of 2025 on data void, hawkish Fed
The dollar wrapped up its second best month of the year as lack of official data muddies the outlook for the US economy and the Federal Reserve’s interest rate path. The Bloomberg Dollar…
Michael Che Calls SNAP Freeze ‘Really F–ed Up’: I Keep Seeing ‘Racist Videos Celebrating (Mostly Black) Families Not Being Able to Buy Groceries’
“Saturday Night Live” star Michael Che is speaking out against the suspension of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which began on Saturday as a result of the now…
US: Wall Street indexes fall as Meta, Microsoft drag, along with Fed rate concerns
WALL Street’s three major indexes lost ground on Thursday with the Nasdaq Composite and the S&P 500 leading losses as Meta and Microsoft shares tumbled on worries over surging AI spending,…
US: Wall Street opens lower after mixed tech earnings, Fed comments
Wall Street’s main stock indexes opened lower on Thursday (Oct 30) after mixed earnings reports from large technology firms and comments from federal reserve chair Jerome Powell sowed…
Powell’s warning to investors and lenders: The Fed won’t spoil the markets any longer
US FEDERAL Reserve chairman Jerome Powell seldom repeats himself, so Wall Street listened carefully when he delivered the same warning twice at a press conference following Wednesday’s…
Asian markets to expect short-term pressure from Fed rate cut: analysts
Asia markets are likely to face short-term pressure from the US Federal Reserve’s latest interest rate cuts, but expectations are already priced in, analysts say. The Federal Open Market…
Nomura expects no more Fed rate cuts in 2025 after October easing
NOMURA said it now expects the US Federal Reserve to keep interest rates unchanged at its December policy meeting, following the central bank’s decision to cut rates on Wednesday. The…
Gold ticks up on US dollar retreat, Fed rate cut
Focus now shifts to US President Trump’s meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in South Korea later in the day Gold prices edged higher on Thursday (Oct 30), as a slight pullback in the…
Hong Kong central bank cuts interest rate, tracking Fed move
Hong Kong’s de-facto central bank on Thursday lowered its base interest rate by 25 basis points to 4.25 per cent, tracking a cut by the US Federal Reserve. It was the second easing by the…